Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-05

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ated by the rude sophistry OF the negro. Nc
psychologist ever had man more completely In
his power The sinner was fairly on the point OF
conviction ana eontr ~ %ae Ract oare Of t h1
the spell Satin had put In some OF his f1ne work
and Gilmore was again adrift on the sea OF SIN
worth hall dollar to me- he said, as he dropped
the coin i'm the old mans palm and disappeared
without waiting for my polish.
SUPERINTENDENT OF the Metropolitan. On hearing
the story he said that the bOotblack was a regu.
larly ordained minister OF the gospel HIS name
is The Rev. E G. Thomas, and he has a church, as
Clair put it, ''up country somewhere"
"He's the happiest man in the city," Clair
to run his church and support his family. Hes the
most pious man ever saw. He never eats even q
bit OF cheese without saying grace and he Is sing
saw the Rev. Mr.. Thomas q day or two after.
wards and asked him whether It was true that be
was the happiest man IN the city: 49,,
means OF saving the soul OF Mr. Gilmore He needs
the saltpetre Of salvation powerful bad, Sr-pow.
erful bad"
AN ATTRACTION THAT DOESN'T DRAW.
The most complete arrangements have been
made for the vast crowds which were expected to
visit the stewart pictures. An entrance has been
cut through to 22d street from the American gal
lery SO that the crowd can surge through from
d R anc cr r%sd S Soe n The peope
for some reason have elected to stay away from
the Stewart show. 1t is an extraordinary exhibit
ton but curously enough II is not an attractive
one TO the majority OF sight seers. Most OF the
people who go there are anxious 10 see the great
MeissOnier, The viberts Rosa Bonheur'S "horse
show and the numerous specimens OF Verbec-
k6venS skill In sheep painting. But after these
have once been Seen-and no one but art students
care TO study them any great length OF tme-there
is dreary waste OF painters whose pictures were
bought while their authors happened TO be popu-
lar The craze has now died out ana the pictures
no longer attract. The exhibition Is below the
standard Of the recent superb collection OF Mrs
public had become heartily tired Of the Stewart
family and everything connected with II. The
washing OF the dirty linen OF this particular
family has been going on 60 long IN public that
done or expects to do or what his plans are. MOI
do people care particularly who buys Ms. Stew.
arts white house, old gowns or bug pictures
TRICKS OF THE PlcfuK8 TRADE
| II you wish to form picture gallery In New
York you VIII have to pay high price nor TIKI
paantingA clique OF four or ve dealers controls
| the trade, and you must pay what they ask, q &
without examples Of the masters They have
nxed rate for BouguereauA De NeuvfileA Aeisson
never change their price except 70 push it higher
| They have arrangements made with the PAM
oaer5 20 that all the fresh WORK Of great painter
q picked Up before the American buyer can get
sr zee r & eS & the :sss
collections occasionally. But he can only do 50
the pictures Of the particular artist he wants IN
| out Of the maxket The dealers attend al the auc
their pictures Is not injured By . low sala The!
win raise their own bids 20 prevent thi1
AZ the Graves sale recently NV Well-kn0wI
dealer raise hrs own bids two ana three hundrel
dollars q . time TO prevent Mayer Won brema